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Empower Semiconductor: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Empower Semiconductor is dedicated to enabling the design of high-efficiency, integrated voltage regulators (VR) in SoCs. Their world-class team has developed a patent-pending breakthrough power management architecture that is redefining the cost, size, and energy efficiency of voltage regulators for applications ranging from low-power mobile devices to the higher-powered servers and communications systems.

empowersemi.com LinkedIn Newark, United States 11-50 employees
Manufacturing Mobile Devices Semiconductor
Total raised
$185M
Rounds
2
Latest
Series D
Sep 2025

Empower Semiconductor has raised $185M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series D of $140M announced in Sep 2025.

That round is above the $7.5M median round size for Consumer Electronics companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Empower Semiconductor Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$185M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Series D
$140M in Sep 2025
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
Newark, United States

Latest funding round on record: Sep 2025.

Empower Semiconductor Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series D
$140M
Series C
$45.0M

Empower Semiconductor raised $45.0M in a Series C announced in Oct 2021.

3.9 years later, a Series D of $140M was announced in Sep 2025.

Empower Semiconductor Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Tim Phillips
CEO
Timothy Phillips
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Empower Semiconductor team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file, 1 has a LinkedIn profile.

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Empower Semiconductor Funding Compared to Other Consumer Electronics Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
29,722
$7.5M
760
$90M

Empower Semiconductor's latest round of $140M is above the median round in Consumer Electronics. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Empower Semiconductor Funding FAQs

What does Empower Semiconductor do?

Empower Semiconductor is dedicated to enabling the design of high-efficiency, integrated voltage regulators (VR) in SoCs. Their world-class team has developed a patent-pending breakthrough power management architecture that is redefining the cost, size, and energy efficiency of voltage regulators for applications ranging from low-power mobile devices to the higher-powered servers and communications systems.

How much funding has Empower Semiconductor raised?

Empower Semiconductor has raised $185M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series D of $140M announced in Sep 2025.

When did Empower Semiconductor last raise funding?

Empower Semiconductor's most recent funding round on record is a Series D of $140M, announced in Sep 2025.

Who is the CEO of Empower Semiconductor?

Tim Phillips is listed as CEO at Empower Semiconductor.

Where is Empower Semiconductor headquartered?

Empower Semiconductor is based in Newark, California, United States.

How many employees does Empower Semiconductor have?

Empower Semiconductor is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does Empower Semiconductor's funding compare to other Consumer Electronics startups?

Empower Semiconductor's latest round of $140M is above the $7.5M median round size for Consumer Electronics companies on FundedIQ across 1,547 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Empower Semiconductor Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Empower Semiconductor is left off this page rather than filled in.

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